Soul Satisfying Joy in Chaotic Times with Elizabeth Webb

You weren’t meant to just get through life… you were made for magic. 

In today’s episode, “Soul Satisfying Joy in Chaotic Times,” I’m joined by Elizabeth Webb—The Practical Priestess™—an expert in human behavior who’s spent over two decades helping people break free from what’s been weighing them down and step into a life they’re actually excited to wake up to. 

We explore how emotional pain often shows up in the body, why joy isn’t something you wait for—but something you choose—and how reconnecting with your intuition, even in the middle of chaos, can lead you back to clarity, hope, and a deeper sense of peace. 

This conversation is a powerful reminder that no matter what’s happening around you… you still get to create a life that feels rich, aligned, and deeply satisfying from the inside out. So Let’s Call IT in….Call IT in with Dar….. 

• Free Gift: https://positivelyelizabeth.com/book

Transcript

You weren’t meant to just get through life… you were made for magic. In today’s episode, “Soul Satisfying Joy in Chaotic Times,” I’m joined by Elizabeth Webb—The Practical Priestess™—an expert in human behavior who’s spent over two decades helping people break free from what’s been weighing them down and step into a life they’re actually excited to wake up to. We explore how emotional pain often shows up in the body, why joy isn’t something you wait for—but something you choose—and how reconnecting with your intuition, even in the middle of chaos, can lead you back to clarity, hope, and a deeper sense of peace. This conversation is a powerful reminder that no matter what’s happening around you… you still get to create a life that feels rich, aligned, and deeply satisfying from the inside out. So Let’s Call IT in….Call IT in with Dar….. 

Welcome in, Elizabeth. It's so wonderful to have you with us today, and before we dive into “ soul satisfying joy in this chaotic time”, please tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got to this point of even writing a book. 

Speaker Elizabeth 

Oh, thanks for asking DAR. 

So I have been in the business, I guess, and in the passion of human behavior for over 20 years, exploring it for myself and also teaching other people ways to feel better, ways to process pain more quickly, like all of these things. And after, I guess, 10 years in the industry, I started doing speaking engagements. And every time I would speak, women would come up to me and say, Do you have a book? Do you have a book? And my answer was always like, No, I don't even know how I would do that, you know. And my internal story was, I have ADHD like so many people do now, and it just sounded like such a big, heavy thing. And eventually I was asked so many times that I just got over my excuses and said, I'm going to put all of my wisdom from these years that I've had in this industry in one place and have a book that I would feel really proud to hand my daughter, my sister, a future version of myself even, and really just get these codes and these cheat sheets for life down in the same place. So that's what called me to write this, this book “ Made for Magic”. 

Speaker Dar 

beautiful, beautiful. And one statement that you made stands out to me: the processing of pain and pain of so many different things comes in so many different areas, emotional, physical, mental and spiritual, all areas of our life. So I'd love it if you just expand on that a little bit and dive in. 

Speaker Elizabeth 

Oh, sure. So in my experience, I definitely do not specialize in physical pain and helping people with physical pain. However, I've noticed that when we handle the emotional root causes of things like, what's really keeping someone up at night, when those things are fully named and addressed and heard and worked on, physical symptoms can miraculously lift. I have seen that before, so that's definitely not a promise, but it's something that I've noticed with my clients and with myself and on that thread, a book that I really recommend is “ You Can Heal Your Life" by Louise Hay. Do you know that one? Dar, oh, yes, okay, 

Speaker Dar 

I've read all of her books. 

Speaker Elizabeth 

Yes. Incredible. So I take that book really seriously. And when I first came across it, you know, it was an older book. It had an outdated cover, and I sort of was like, you know, I've heard great things about this. I don't know if it's my thing. It might be too out there for me. This is what I was thinking long ago. And I said, I'm going to try this on. And she correlates every physical ailment, symptom, disease, source of pain, with an emotional root cause. And I tried it on for several months just to say, like, could I even believe this, and it was so spot on that it was undeniable. I was not able to dismiss it. And I really recommend looking into that book for physical pain, disease, physical ailments, whether you've got a cold or tennis elbow or something more serious. It's really such a huge world of wisdom, and it's helped me so much. So when it comes to physical pain, I would really recommend that when it comes to emotional pain, whoo, what a big topic, right? And it's such a big topic, and I feel strongly about self expression and people having a safe source to really speak their truth and be in a state. Of self discovery, whether that is therapy, or whether that is a really excellent, highly trained coach, or whether that's being in a women's group or a men's group, where people know how to really hold space, and not everyone has that. You know, I think I'm in a world where I take it for granted that people have a 

safe source to vent to, but not everyone has that. And if you don't have that, make sure you get one. And if you do have that, make sure that you're using it and that you're using it wisely. So when it comes to emotional pain, being able to run something or talk it through all the way without being interrupted multiple times until it has less charge and emotional trigger for you is huge, and there's many different modalities that account for this beyond friendship, most friends aren't trained and not interrupting us, so it might be someone holding space that's beyond a friend. Yeah. Have you ever noticed that Darla that like sometimes when people aren't trained in mental health, they can chime in or give opinions where they're not welcome, or even make something worse, 

Speaker Dar 

yes, yes, when the person just wants to vent, just wants a listener. 

Speaker Elizabeth 

Yeah, yeah. And it's good to also get clear on that with a friend. If you are talking to a friend and say, Hey, I really just need to vent and get this all the way out. Could you just hear me and hold space for me and not maybe chime in with advice or opinions? Are you available for that? So that's definitely one way to get the charge off of something that's a source of emotional pain. 

Speaker Dar 

Yes, let's tie this around now to the state of fair affairs in our world and and talking about soul satisfying joy when it might not look very joyful in our environment. Yeah. 

Speaker Elizabeth  

Well, I believe in joy as a core value so deeply that I've committed to studying it. I studied positive psychology for several years. I've also written a whole chapter about it in my book. And I notice that joy can be written off or dismissed as something that's fluffy, something that we get to feel if and when everything else is okay, something that we get to feel when all the tasks are done, you know, like when all the tasks are done, when everybody's okay, when I'm okay, when everyone around me is okay, when the world is okay, then maybe I'll get to have some fun, or some pleasure, or some joy. And I'm here to make the bold statement that we can't wait. We can't wait for these perfect moments where there's a calm and a storm to find or create moments of joy, because life is just too short, and if we can fast forward a moment to that deathbed moment that we're all going to experience in that moment of having our beautiful last breath, what will that version of us wish we had done? What will they wish we had invested our time in? And I'm going to tell you right now. Whoo, every single person is going to wish that they'd allowed themselves to actually enjoy their experience on the planet more. And there's ways to do this. The study of positive psychology is so beautiful because it basically studies how we experience more frequent positive emotions in a world that's not really set up for that, and with a brain also that's not really set up for that, our brain doesn't have a positivity bias. Our 

brain has a negativity bias. So to your question, dar about, how do we navigate finding more joy in a world that's not feeling joyful at all. I feel like one of the first places to go is feeling that joy is a righteous, beautiful way of. Being independent of what's happening in the world, regardless if everyone around us is okay or not, which is very counter intuitive, and can almost feel irresponsible. Do you relate to that at all? Have you ever felt like, Oh, who am I? Who am I to have fun when, like, gosh, look at this dumpster fire of a situation, or people aren't okay, absolutely. 

Speaker Dar  

But I've taken some pride in being called a joy activator by a few of my friends. So I'm definitely into the joy in your book, you talk about a couple big keys as being hope and faith. Do you like to expand on that? 

Speaker Elizabeth 

Absolutely so hope is something. 

Speaker Dar 

It's a word that kind of gets thrown around without us really understanding what it is or what it's not. How do we cultivate it and what is the definition of hope? And the basic definition of Hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had. And I'll say that one more time to let it land. It's the feeling that what is wanted can be had. So then hopelessness would be feeling that you can't have what you want, right? You want whatever it might be. You want to go on vacation, but you feel that you cannot have that because work is too busy. You're too needed. You can't take the time off. Maybe someone has financial constraints so they would lose hope in that area. So I know, and I see in my own practice, with my clients and in my own life, that awareness around what something is and wanting what something isn't is actually very empowering. So if you understand the nuts and bolts that are like, oh, I have lost hope in this area, because I think I can't have what I want. It's so simple that it then allows us to challenge that belief if we choose to say, Okay, well, I think I can't have what I want. Is that true? Maybe it's just that it's delayed this certain thing that you want. Maybe you can't have it, but you can't have it right now. That's a very important distinction, because just knowing that it is possible for you, but it's not happening at this exact moment. That's a much more hopeful way of being than like, oh, that thing is just not for me, right? So we always tend to get what we're looking for. We tend to collect more evidence around our beliefs. So to really examine beliefs and notice if there's shut down in your levels of hope about something that you really want to examine that and go challenge yourself. Go, well, well, is that true? Like some people give up hope on love, for example, this is a big one. This is a big one for men and women, they've lost hope in the area of love. They've either lost hope in their current relationship, in their marriage, or in their primary partnership, or single people, it's really easy to lose hope. So it's just a beautiful thing to notice. Oh, I feel shut down in this area. I feel like I can't have what I want in this area. Hmm, that means, is that true, or is it just that it's taking longer than I want, not that I'll never have it? And then let me look at examples of other people that have what I want, maybe that found their love later in life than I did, or maybe it was long delayed for them, and then a miracle happened for them. And let me concentrate on those hopeful stories and become a detective for those hopeful stories. So I'm filling my subconscious with that. Yeah, right? 

Speaker Dar 

Beautiful, beautiful examples. And I think you even have, you even have a couple chapters on being more empowered with romance and more empowered in relationships in your book. 

Speaker Elizabeth  

Yes, I care about this topic so much, and I know how linked it is to someone being satisfied or unsatisfied in their life that I spent not one but two chapters on it. I tried to put it all in one chapter, and it was just too long, so I split it into a chapter about empowered romance, and then a chapter about empowered relationships, encompassing all of our relationships. Absolutely. 

Speaker Dar   

Another chapter that I think people would be interested in would be intuition. You've talked about. You know, asking yourself, Is it true? And I love to ask myself that question, because it seems like our critical voice often tells us things that are not true, and we can question it, but let's go into intuition a little bit, and your view on how that is part of soul satisfying joy. 

Speaker Elizabeth 

Yeah, sure. So intuition is its own whole thing, right? And intuition is something that I'm seeing blocked frequently in today's world. And the reason why it's being blocked is the constant noise and data that our systems are overwhelmed by so much intuition to cultivate it, something that's really necessary is silence and a word that I call emptiness. And the emptiness is the absence of other people's words, other people's data, other people's ideas, even music with words, so that we have enough spaciousness to actually be available to the voice of our own soul. And in this day and age, asking someone to sit in silence or with music that has no words for five to 10 minutes, is a huge ask, right? Absolutely? Yeah, yeah. So when I say this to people, they're like, oh, you know, I want to develop my intuition? Why do they want to develop their intuition? They usually want to develop their intuition because they're in pain about something where they've made poor decisions in the past and they want to make better choices or, like, avoid the pain of wasted time doing something that's not really for them. So I'll give people these power practices around sitting in a meditative state and putting one hand on their heart and one hand on their belly or their womb, and sitting in a state of emptiness for five or 10 minutes a day and saying, Hey, I'm available for messages of light. I'm available to hear the voice of my soul. And the people who actually do it. I'm going to tell you, Darla, it's a really low percentage. The people who prioritize this get disciplined around it. The percentage is low, but when they do, they end up having these moments of aha that they would not have had otherwise. And I hear them say things like, gosh, I can hear the voice of my soul. Or, wow, you know, like once on the third day I was in emptiness, I started writing a country song, like a country song, just moved through me. I never even knew I was interested in that, and I'm like, wow. So without other people's ideas and words and choices bombarding your system, your own artistry actually had enough space to come through, wow. Prioritize emptiness. That's if you can take anything away from today, if you want to feel more in tune with your soul, if you want to feel more in tune with your purpose, if you want to really hear this voice that is the highest part of yourself, it's going to require discipline and emptiness. Absolutely. 

Speaker Dar 

Some people call that the pause. 

Speaker Elizabeth 

Oh, yeah, okay. And have you? Have you practiced that yourself? 

Speaker Dar  

Yes, yes. And I, I must. That it isn't so easy in our busy world, that's for sure, right? 

Speaker Elizabeth  

And the first few times it might be like writing grocery lists in your head or just worrying thoughts coming in. It might not feel fun, but it requires practice so that you can eventually get to that state of emptiness. 

Speaker Dar  

Yes, and there's several different techniques that you can use to get yourself there, and we won't go into those today, but there are some different ways you can start, like with walking. I'm trying to have your pause or your silence while you're walking. 

Speaker Elizabeth  

Yeah, tell me about your do you go on silent walks? 

Speaker Dar  

Yes, but that's a good start. Or when I first started, that's what I did to find that emptiness. Mm, yes, beautiful, thank you. So let's talk about the gift that you have for all our listeners today. Speaker  Elizabeth 

Oh yeah, so  

I have a website that is made for magic book.com that's made for magic book.com and if you want to pop over there, you can get the whole first chapter for free. We will email it to you right away, and that will give you a chance to see if this book is your cup of tea, and even if it's not, or even if you decide not to get the full book, there's so much juice in the first chapter alone that you can just have that if you want to, most people immediately go get the book, because they they want the rest of it. But in the first chapter, there's a whole manual about how to resuscitate hope in an area where hope has been lost. And I freaking love that hope manual. So pop on over to “Made for Magic" book and then claim your first chapter. 

Speaker Dar 

Yes, I have the entire book. Everyone can probably tell, by the way I've been talking, and I just want to read through a couple of the transformational shifts, setting boundaries that stick, stop people pleasing and start self trusting, reconnect with your body, your voice and your magic, create a life that feels rich, real and soul satisfying. So that just gives you a little taste of some of the things in the book before we close for today, Elizabeth, will you share with us anything else that you're being called to share? 

Speaker Elizabeth 

Yeah, if I could leave each soul who listens to this with one message in this moment, it would be choose yourself and choose your joy, regardless of what's going on in the planet, regardless of what's going on with other people, even when it feels irresponsible to invest in yourself, to invest in what lights you up, you owe it to yourself and your soul to be satisfied with your life and to not wait until it's a better time. So I just really want to share that it's such a righteous, worthy thing to to feel excited and satisfied about your life as much as humanly possible while we're in this world of problems. And I've written a book that will give you so many ideas about how to navigate making this choice in this brutal world of problems. And I really hope that you make that choice for yourself, whether you read the book or not, choosing yourself in practical ways is a righteous, beautiful choice. 

Speaker Dar  

I love that you choose yourself and choose your joy for sure. Thank you so much for being with us today. I really appreciated this conversation. 

Speaker Elizabeth  

It's been a pleasure. Darla, thank you so much. Bye. 

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